Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.40

śrī-sūta uvāca

ittham dvijā yādavadeva-dattah

śrutvā sva-rātuś caritam vicitram

papraccha bhūyo 'pi tad eva punyam

vaiyāsakim yan nigrihīta-cetāh

SYNONYMS

śrī-sūtah uvāca — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī spoke to the assembled saints at Naimishāranya; ittham — in this way; dvijāh — O learned brāhmanas; yādava-deva-dattah — Mahārāja Parīkshit (or Mahārāja Yudhishthira), who was protected by Yādavadeva, Krishna; śrutvā — hearing; sva-rātuh — of Krishna, who was his savior within the womb of his mother, Uttarā; caritam — the activities; vicitram — all wonderful; papraccha — inquired; bhūyah api — even again; tat eva — such activities; punyam — which are always full of pious activities (śrinvatām sva-kathāh krishnah punya-śravana-kīrtanah: [SB 1.2.17] to hear about Krishna is always pious); vaiyāsakim — unto Śukadeva Gosvāmī; yat — because; nigrihīta-cetāh — Parīkshit Mahārāja had already become steady in hearing about Krishna.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: O learned saints, the childhood pastimes of Śrī Krishna are very wonderful. Mahārāja Parīkshit, after hearing about those pastimes of Krishna, who had saved him in the womb of his mother, became steady in his mind and again inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī to hear about those pious activities.

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